- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1947-10-09
- Director: D. Ross Lederman
- Writers: J. Donald Wilson , Edward Bock , Raymond L. Schrock
- Language: English
- Stars: John Beal , Trudy Marshall , Jimmy Lloyd , Helen Mowery
- Runtime: 67 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Destiny (United States of America) , O Morto Volta (Brazil) , Camino al patíbulo (Mexico) , Cercate quell'uomo (Italy) , Key Witness (United Kingdom) , Key Witness , Key Witness (United States of America)
- Plot: Milton Higby, an inventor of gadgets that don't sell finds himself accused of a crime he didn't commit---the killing of a girl he had just met---, and takes to the open road with the police in close pursuit. In his travels, he stumbles across the body of another murder victim and switches identities with the corpse. With his new name he poses as the long-lost son of a wealthy industrialist until he is exposed and charged also with the second murder.
- IMDB:tt0039529
Key Witness Cast · · · ALL
D. Ross Lederman
Director
John Beal
Milton Higby
Trudy Marshall
Marge Andrews
Jimmy Lloyd
Larry Summers
Helen Mowery
Sally Guthrie
Wilton Graff
Albert Loring
Barbara Read
Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Charles Trowbridge
John Ballin
Harry Hayden
Custer Bidwell
William Newell
Smiley
Selmer Jackson
Edward Clemmons
Robert B. Williams
Officer Johnson
Stanley Blystone
Patrolman - Accident Scene (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Receptionist (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Policeman - Coroner's Office (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Detective Lt. Dillon (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Jim Guthrie (uncredited)
Buddy Gorman
Johnny (uncredited)
John Hamilton
R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
Ray Harper
Driver (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Victoria Horne
Nurse Sibley (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Police Chief Crandall (uncredited)
Pat O’Malley
Detective Norris (uncredited)
Joe Recht
Messenger (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Dr. Jergins (uncredited)